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  • Title: Fibre endoscopic insertion of palliative oesophageal tubes with the Nottingham introducer.
    Author: Rose JD, Smith PM.
    Journal: J R Soc Med; 1983 Apr; 76(4):266-8. PubMed ID: 6188829.
    Abstract:
    Using the Nottingham introducer and diazepam sedation, 93 of 100 patients with oesophagogastric malignancy have been successfully intubated, 67 with Celestin tubes and 26 with Atkinson tubes. Their mean age was 72 years (range 36-91). Six of the failures were in patients with fundal adenocarcinoma. Sixty-nine patients were discharged from hospital after initial intubation (74%). Nine patients developed a perforation, 6 died and there were 5 deaths from aspiration. Nine patients are alive up to 11 months later. The mean survival after discharge was four months with a maximum of 18 months. Later 11 tubes obstructed and 12 Celestin tubes displaced upward. Endoscopic insertion of oesophageal prosthetic tubes provides satisfactory palliation for inoperable oesophagogastric malignancy. The development of the Atkinson tube with a distal flange has eliminated tube displacement upwards.
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